Quotes About Athlete

Horace was big for his age and a natural athlete. The chances that he would be refused were virtually nonexistent. Horace was exactly the type of recruit that Sir Rodney looked for in his warrior apprentices. Strong, athletic, fit. And, thought Will a trifle sourly, not too bright.

When I was running as an athlete, I'd be looking at my heart rate, monitoring when it started to peak, when it plateaued. I'd make a note of the oxygen debt in my body and would always be working to a specific time.

I always rated Luis Ortiz as one of the best heavyweights.

Being a great physical athlete is wonderful, and you need it at this level to be able to train and prepare accordingly. But the closer it comes time to perform, the ratio switches. When you're in camp, it's 90 percent physical and 10 percent mental. But as you get to fight night, it's the opposite.

Ray Lewis, the greatest player ever, has been hurt a couple of times, but he has always come back strong.

Ray Allen is one of the fittest guys in the league.

I remember playing a Twenty20 game in Australia in 2007 and Matthew Hayden smacked one back at me. My head goes down as I follow through and as I looked up I just saw this white flash pass about an inch from the side of my head. If it had been a touch straighter I would not have had time to react and who knows what could have happened.

Football, we pretty much control what we do and how we react, and there are two days we couldn't, on the draft and on the selection for the Hall of Fame.

If a person, an athlete is not versed in something, their first reaction when there is a bad situation is not a good feeling. It's panic.

With F1, it's really a combination of many things. You have to have good endurance, good strength in certain muscles, you need to be fast, have good reactions and good decisions. It's not as simple as one thing. You need to be a complete athlete.

I was a good reader of a rugby match. I could kick, too.

My dream has always been to play for Real Madrid.

To play at Real Madrid, it is not enough to just have football quality. You must be mentally strong.

To go out on the ice and do some real work, it's been really nice.

I always told myself I was more than a football player, so every off season, I pushed myself to go outside the box and get a little bit better off the field. I dabbled in many business adventures to gain more real world experience.

It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.

When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.

You probably know me best as a 4 year player, national champion, and graduate of Duke University, but I'm also a gamer, student, Christian, and a long time redditor.

I was always an athlete; my grandfather and my dad are basketball players, and I played sports my whole life.

I wrestled in high school, so I actually have a bit of a base in grappling.

Grappling is my style.

We all know how good Roger is on grass.

'Grateful' is the word that comes to my mind when thinking of the Denver Broncos.

The combine's a great experience, and I'm sure everyone will tell you the same thing. Cool experience, lots of fun, would never want to do it again.